Miles For Change

Five years ago, Marty Hogan, a Chicago-area dentist, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a rare form of leukemia. Typically known as “childhood leukemia,” the diagnosis is even rar…

This is the first episode in a multi-part series highlighting one of the groups that started it all, Team in Training. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is a global leader in the fight against cancer…

When Carey Pinkowski took the reigns of the Chicago Marathon in the early 1990s, there were only a few thousand people who hit the roads to pound 26.2 miles of pavement.

Today, the race attracts tens …

For over 50 years, Special Olympics Chicago has provided opportunities for thousands of athletes living with intellectual disabilities. Their organization has provided a sustainable community for the…

Girls On The Run is a program that empowers the next generation of women by using the power of running.

Elementary and middle school-aged girls learn physical and social-emotional skills that help the…

The Chicago Police Memorial Fund was started nearly two decades ago with a singular goal; to build a memorial to honor those fallen officers.

Since that time, it has grown into so much more. It is now…

"It was always from the beginning about making sure ensuring no one had to go through cancer alone."

- Stephanie Lieber, Executive Director, Imerman's Angels

Through a very specific and unique matching…

Courtesy of PAWS Chicago

The PAWS Chicago Community Outreach team is composed of five different programs, each working in tandem to address pet overpopulation and pet resource inequities in Chicago’s …

Born in South Sudan, Michael Panther Mayen lost the ability to walk when he was just a child due to a severe illness. In 2018, he started Living With Hope, an organization providing wheelchairs and o…

Since the late 1970s, the organization has hosted more than 19,000 pediatric cancer patients aged five to 19 at a sleep-away camp. Children in varying stages of their diagnosis and treatment are welc…

Dare2Tri specializes in adaptive sports. They have built an inclusive community that provides training and proper tools for people living with a physical disability or visual impairment to become end…

Miles For Change is a podcast series highlighting the stories behind why average men and women push their bodies to the limit by training for and running a marathon to raise funds for charity.

During …